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Recent content on USABLE ToolsHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usTue, 27 Aug 2019 11:00:00 +0000https://usable.tools/front_carousel/item1/
Thu, 30 May 2019 15:32:37 -0700https://usable.tools/front_carousel/item1/What&rsquo;s Happening with USABLE? Check out the latest updates from the USABLE project and partners, including our involvement at relevant events!https://usable.tools/front_carousel/item2/
Thu, 30 May 2019 15:32:37 -0700https://usable.tools/front_carousel/item2/Read our latest blog Check out our latest personas to better understand your users’ needs.https://usable.tools/front_carousel/item3/
Thu, 30 May 2019 15:32:37 -0700https://usable.tools/front_carousel/item3/USABLE at the Internet Freedom Festival Connecting with digital security trainers, open source tool teams, and UX experts at IFF in Valencia.USABLE at RightsCon Tunishttps://usable.tools/blog/2019-08-27-usable-at-rightscon2019/
Tue, 27 Aug 2019 11:00:00 +0000https://usable.tools/blog/2019-08-27-usable-at-rightscon2019/In June 2019, the USABLE team attended RightsCon 2019 in Tunis. In addition to having face to face conversations and meetings with kay UX players in the Internet Freedom community, the team was able to co-facilitate a UX and Human Rights Zero Day event alongside AccessNow, Simply Secure, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.Announcing the Second Round of UXFund Grantees!https://usable.tools/blog/2019-08-27-uxfund-results/
Mon, 26 Aug 2019 08:00:00 +0000https://usable.tools/blog/2019-08-27-uxfund-results/The USABLE team is excited to announce the second round of UXFund grantees. These teams will receive small grants for usability and accessibility enhancements, as well as for organizing targeted engagements with at-risk users.USABLE Methodology: UX Feedback Collection Approacheshttps://usable.tools/methodology/
Sun, 11 Aug 2019 10:09:25 +0000https://usable.tools/methodology/Coming Soon! Integrating User-experience Activities into Existing Training Practices This methodology may be used by digital security trainers, user-experience experts, and open source tool teams and is broken down into parts:Announcing New USABLE Website!https://usable.tools/blog/2019-09-10-website-launch/
Sat, 10 Aug 2019 11:00:00 +0000https://usable.tools/blog/2019-09-10-website-launch/New USABLE Website
We’re excited to announce the launch of our re-designed USABLE website!
This new site features a clear breakdown of the USABLE project, including descriptions of the various communities we partner with in different capacities.Privacy Policyhttps://usable.tools/privacy-policy/
Mon, 03 Jun 2019 09:49:28 -0700https://usable.tools/privacy-policy/Privacy Policy The USABLE website is a project of Internews. We adhere to the terms of the Internews Privacy Policy.Why USABLE?https://usable.tools/about/
Thu, 30 May 2019 15:32:37 -0700https://usable.tools/about/The Challenge Any tool, no matter how secure, leaves users vulnerable if it is too difficult to use. Many of the most popular and most critical open source security and privacy tools are maintained and updated by small tool teams with limited exposure to the specific profiles and needs of at-risk users.USABLE at IFF 2019https://usable.tools/events/usable-at-iff-2019/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:50:48 -0700https://usable.tools/events/usable-at-iff-2019/The USABLE team attended the 2019 Internet Freedom Festival in Valencia, Spain. During the week, the team connected with digital security trainers, open source tool teams, and user-experience (UX) experts to discuss past, current, and future USABLE work.USABLE at ILGA Worldhttps://usable.tools/events/usable-at-ilga-world/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:50:48 -0700https://usable.tools/events/usable-at-ilga-world/The USABLE team attended ILGA World 2019, a bi-annual convening of LGBTQIA advocates and funders from all over the globe. Attending this conference allowed the USABLE team to meet with LGBTQI users, discuss the tools that are currently being used in the field, and better understand the threats that this particular community is facing in different parts of the world.Bangladesh: "Habibur Rahman Sujon"https://usable.tools/personas/bd_sujon/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:15:28 -0700https://usable.tools/personas/bd_sujon/Overview Habibur is in his twenties and identifies as a Muslim gay man. He lives in a small town where he must constantly hide his sexuality.Bangladesh: "Tabassum"https://usable.tools/personas/bd_tabassum/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:15:28 -0700https://usable.tools/personas/bd_tabassum/Overview Tabassum identifies as a lesbian and has recently become an active voice for the rights of the LGBT community in Bangladesh.China: "L. N."https://usable.tools/personas/cn-ln/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:15:28 -0700https://usable.tools/personas/cn-ln/Overview L.N. is in her early 20s, and is outgoing and charismatic. She lives in a major metropolitan area in mainland China, and is a recent college graduate with many social connections; fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin, and proficient in English.China: "Z. W."https://usable.tools/personas/cn-zw/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:15:28 -0700https://usable.tools/personas/cn-zw/Overview Z.W. is highly educated, and also respected and accomplished professional with many connections. He is reflective, respectful, careful, principled and is in his late 40s with wife and two children.Cuba: "Yasmany"https://usable.tools/personas/cu_yasmany/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:15:28 -0700https://usable.tools/personas/cu_yasmany/Overview Yasmany is a married man in his thirties. He is a journalist based in Cuba and a vocal advocate for Afro-Cuban rights.Dominican Republic: "Jackefine"https://usable.tools/personas/do_jackefine/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:15:28 -0700https://usable.tools/personas/do_jackefine/Overview Jackefine is a woman in her mid-twenties living in the capital of the Dominican Republic. She is currently attending university and working as an administrative assistant.Indonesia: "Ayu"https://usable.tools/personas/id_ayu/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:15:28 -0700https://usable.tools/personas/id_ayu/Overview Ayu is in her early twenties and identifies as a Muslim transwoman. She grew up in a small village and is part of a conservative family.Indonesia: "Husna"https://usable.tools/personas/id_husna/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:15:28 -0700https://usable.tools/personas/id_husna/Overview Husna is an Indonesian woman in her mid twenties. She is an advocate for both freedom of expression and religious freedom.Jordan: "Ahmed"https://usable.tools/personas/jo_ahmed/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:15:28 -0700https://usable.tools/personas/jo_ahmed/Overview Ahmed is a student at a Jordanian university. He is concerned about the state of affairs in his country and he wants to raise awareness about what is happening.Kenya: "Alexandria Christian"https://usable.tools/personas/ky_alexandria/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:15:28 -0700https://usable.tools/personas/ky_alexandria/Overview Alexandria is based in Nairobi, Kenya. She is married and in her late twenties with a young child. She is a lawyer by profession, but is also a champion of women&rsquo;s rights.Lebanon: "Lara"https://usable.tools/personas/lb_lara/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:15:28 -0700https://usable.tools/personas/lb_lara/Overview Lara is a Lebanese woman in her late twenties. She works as a journalist and is also a well-informed activist.Mexico: "Maria"https://usable.tools/personas/mx-m/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:15:28 -0700https://usable.tools/personas/mx-m/Overview Maria is in her mid 30’s and is passionate in advocating for the rights of people with disabilities in Mexico.Nepal: "Chumi"https://usable.tools/personas/np_chumi/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:15:28 -0700https://usable.tools/personas/np_chumi/Overview Chumi is a lesbian woman in her mid thirties. She grew up in a small town in Nepal, but now lives in the capital and works at an organization focused on advancing the rights of LGBT people.Nepal: "Maya"https://usable.tools/personas/np_maya/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:15:28 -0700https://usable.tools/personas/np_maya/Overview Maya is a Nepalese woman in her early thirties. She is an information advocate, an avid researcher, and is very active on Twitter and Facebook.Nicaragua: "Esteban Ramirez"https://usable.tools/personas/ni_esteban/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:15:28 -0700https://usable.tools/personas/ni_esteban/Overview Esteban is a journalist in his mid-twenties. He works at a small newspaper in Managua, Nicaragua. He reports on thematic issues, often using public transportation to meet with sources.Russia: "Marina"https://usable.tools/personas/ru_marina/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:15:28 -0700https://usable.tools/personas/ru_marina/Overview Marina is in her mid-thirties and works as an activist, blogger, and local community organizer.
She uses different technologies to post about local issues, to communicate with fellow activists, and to organize protests.Russia: "Sasha"https://usable.tools/personas/ru_sasha/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:15:28 -0700https://usable.tools/personas/ru_sasha/Overview Sasha is in his early thirties and works as a systems administrator at a civil society organization. He is very skeptical and has a critical approach to everything.Sudan: "Fatima"https://usable.tools/personas/sd_fatima/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:15:28 -0700https://usable.tools/personas/sd_fatima/Overview Fatima is in her late twenties and is an advocate for women&rsquo;s rights in Sudan. She works with students from the local university and other local women, advising them on funding opportunities.Syria: "Majeed"https://usable.tools/personas/sy_majeed/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:15:28 -0700https://usable.tools/personas/sy_majeed/Overview Majeed is a civil society activist who works with a large network of Syrian activists involved in efforts to advocate for democracy.Syria: "Marwa"https://usable.tools/personas/sy_m/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:15:28 -0700https://usable.tools/personas/sy_m/Overview Marwa is a 20-year-old journalist who grew up in Syria, later moving to a neighboring country due to increased violence in her region.Uganda: "Jomeo Richard""https://usable.tools/personas/ug_jomeo/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:15:28 -0700https://usable.tools/personas/ug_jomeo/Overview Jomeo is in his late twenties and based in Uganda. He works with anti-corruption groups to create public awareness about the ongoing and severe violations and abuses of human rights by both public and private individuals.Uganda: "Paul Mukasa"https://usable.tools/personas/ug-pm/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:15:28 -0700https://usable.tools/personas/ug-pm/Overview Paul is LGBTI in Uganda, where it is illegal and not socially accepted. He faces both ostracism and physical risk.Ukraine: "Anna"https://usable.tools/personas/ua_anna/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:15:28 -0700https://usable.tools/personas/ua_anna/Overview Anna is a middle-aged woman, working for an anti-corruption non-governmental organization in Ukraine. She leads many cases against high-profile corruption within the Ukrainian government.Ukraine: "Maksym"https://usable.tools/personas/ua-maksym/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:15:28 -0700https://usable.tools/personas/ua-maksym/Overview Maksym is in his late twenties and works as a history teacher in Ukraine. During his free time, he works as an admin and editor for a social media page of a local activist group.Ukraine: "Masha"https://usable.tools/personas/ua-m/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:15:28 -0700https://usable.tools/personas/ua-m/Overview Masha is based in Kyiv, and works for an NGO tracking human rights violations ocurring in the contested Donetsk region of Eastern Ukraine.Ukraine: "Oleksandr"https://usable.tools/personas/ua_oleksandr/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:15:28 -0700https://usable.tools/personas/ua_oleksandr/Overview Oleksandr is in his mid-thirties and works as a television journalist. He covers stories in the combat areas of Eastern Ukraine.Ukraine: "Oleksandr"https://usable.tools/personas/ua_oleksandr2/
Mon, 20 May 2019 23:15:28 -0700https://usable.tools/personas/ua_oleksandr2/Overview Oleksandr is in his forties and works as both a lawyer and human rights defender. He is currently working on legal cases of human rights violations, which involves preparing documents for international courts.SOUPS 2019 Workshop Designing for the Extremes of Riskhttps://usable.tools/events/usable-at-soups/
Thu, 17 Jan 2019 23:50:48 -0700https://usable.tools/events/usable-at-soups/The USABLE Project team will host a workshop at SOUPS 2019! This workshop will cover how to adapt UX design and user feedback collection techniques when working with high-risk communities, through an overview of the different marginalized groups and their needs that the USABLE.Announcing New USABLE Personashttps://usable.tools/blog/2018-12-28-new-usable-personas/
Fri, 28 Dec 2018 11:00:00 +0000https://usable.tools/blog/2018-12-28-new-usable-personas/Through a series of regional User Experience (UX) Workshops, the USABLE project is enhancing digital security trainers’ understanding of specific usability roadblocks that hinder adoption of important security practices for the highest risk groups across the globe and how to capture and articulate these challenges to tool developers.UXForum 2018: Dublin, Irelandhttps://usable.tools/events/uxforum-2018/
Fri, 20 Jul 2018 23:50:48 -0700https://usable.tools/events/uxforum-2018/The second UXForum took place in Dublin, Ireland in July 2018. The event brought together human rights defenders, digital security trainers, design experts, and software developers to discuss how to capture and integrate user feedback from high-risk communities on digital security tools, and make those tools stronger and more effective as a result.USABLE at RightsCon 2018https://usable.tools/events/usable-at-rightscon-2018/
Thu, 17 May 2018 23:50:48 -0700https://usable.tools/events/usable-at-rightscon-2018/The USABLE team led two sessions at RightsCon 2018 in Toronto. The first of these sessions, entitled, “Making the Tech USABLE &ndash; how to gather and share user feedback from our digital security trainings,” was co-facilitated with Defend Defenders, one of our partners in East Africa, and a trainer from the East Africa UX Workshop.USABLE at RightsCon Torontohttps://usable.tools/blog/2018-05-10-usable-at-rightscon/
Thu, 10 May 2018 11:00:00 +0000https://usable.tools/blog/2018-05-10-usable-at-rightscon/In response to the emerging security and privacy concerns in product and user experience design, we would like to invite you to the UX/Tech Meetup at RightsCon Toronto on behalf of Internews and Access Now.USABLE at the Internet Freedom Festivalhttps://usable.tools/blog/2017-03-03-usable-at-iff/
Fri, 03 Mar 2017 11:00:00 +0000https://usable.tools/blog/2017-03-03-usable-at-iff/The USABLE team is excited to be gearing up for the Internet Freedom Festival this year to contiue sharing lessons learned by developers looking to listen and engage with their users.Announcing the UXFund Results!https://usable.tools/blog/2016-12-28-uxfund-results/
Wed, 28 Dec 2016 08:00:00 +0000https://usable.tools/blog/2016-12-28-uxfund-results/The USABLE team is proud to announce the UXFund results for the small, but targeted usability enhancement grants. Many great proposals were received and, after a thorough review process, five organizations for short-term awards were selected.USABLE Updates, Resources and more!https://usable.tools/blog/2016-09-19-followingup/
Tue, 20 Sep 2016 11:49:01 +0000https://usable.tools/blog/2016-09-19-followingup/We can&rsquo;t believe it&rsquo;s been two months since the UXForum! To be fair, we had a lot of sleep to catch up on, and there have been some exciting staff transitions over on our team.Power to the Users -- From trainings to the UXForum and onwards.https://usable.tools/blog/2016-09-15-powertotheusers/
Tue, 20 Sep 2016 11:35:00 +0000https://usable.tools/blog/2016-09-15-powertotheusers/Three years ago, I led a digital security training for independent media in Kyiv during the peak of the EuroMaidan protests.UXFund: Extended to September 30!https://usable.tools/blog/2016-09-15-uxfundextension/
Thu, 15 Sep 2016 20:21:01 +0000https://usable.tools/blog/2016-09-15-uxfundextension/We are extending the UXFund deadline for two more weeks - through Sep. 30! Apply Today!.User Testing in Digital Security Traininghttps://usable.tools/blog/2016-07-07-usertesting/
Thu, 07 Jul 2016 10:47:00 +0000https://usable.tools/blog/2016-07-07-usertesting/During our first Tool Feedback Training, we faced some natural reluctance to &ldquo;complain&rdquo; about a tool being trained upon, which was magnified by the effect of having a representative from the tool in the training.Yahoo!https://usable.tools/blog/2016-08-15-yahoo/
Thu, 07 Jul 2016 10:47:00 +0000https://usable.tools/blog/2016-08-15-yahoo/Thanks to our friends over at Yahoo! for a great blog post outlining their amazing support of our work!Protecting High-Risk Tech Users: A Movement for Usabilityhttps://usable.tools/blog/2016-07-06-protecting-high-risk-users/
Wed, 06 Jul 2016 15:01:01 +0000https://usable.tools/blog/2016-07-06-protecting-high-risk-users/Connecting developers with users improves tools for human rights defenders
Janvier Hakizimana has a radical idea.
“Governments and large global bodies like the United Nations subsidize new medications to fight disease.Join us for UX in a High Risk World!https://usable.tools/blog/2016-06-17-uxforum/
Fri, 17 Jun 2016 16:57:00 +0000https://usable.tools/blog/2016-06-17-uxforum/For one night only, we are opening the doors to this event!
Come meet the visionary leaders who are piloting and developing solutions for activists facing censorship, hacking, surveillance, and suppression in some of the world’s most challenging environments.Credits and Licensehttps://usable.tools/credits/
Tue, 07 Jun 2016 20:09:25 +0000https://usable.tools/credits/The USABLE &ldquo;Safe&rdquo; icon is based loosely on this design from the Noun Project/Steven-Haycock
Web design by Justin D. and Developed by Squiggy R.USABLE events Code of Conducthttps://usable.tools/coc/
Tue, 07 Jun 2016 20:09:25 +0000https://usable.tools/coc/USABLE succeeds as a program by bringing varied lived experiences and voices to the forefront of a global discussion. As such, we expect all attendees to be respectful of others, appreciate differences of opinion, and to communicate clearly.Where did USABLE come from?https://usable.tools/blog/2016-04-22-originstories/
Fri, 22 Apr 2016 10:57:00 +0000https://usable.tools/blog/2016-04-22-originstories/Over at Medium, we just published What Good Are Secure Communications Tools if No One Uses Them?. This is part of the &ldquo;origin story&rdquo; of the USABLE project, based on a difficult digital security training during the middle of EuroMaidan.Learning how to balance design and traininghttps://usable.tools/blog/2016-01-22-tft/
Thu, 28 Jan 2016 13:29:00 +0000https://usable.tools/blog/2016-01-22-tft/The USABLE team is halfway through our Tool Feedback Training process, and the first two TFTs were hugely informative. We worked with groups doing amazing work while facing widely different challenges; including censorship, targeted malware, and situations where digital security problems can become physical security ones.Training and Designhttps://usable.tools/blog/2015-11-21-sdworkshop-trainings-and-design/
Sat, 21 Nov 2015 12:09:25 +0000https://usable.tools/blog/2015-11-21-sdworkshop-trainings-and-design/At the Security and Design Workshop, we realized that our original plan of book-ending a classic digital security training with human centered design exercises was not ideal &ndash; many elements of learning and exploration that are key to training are similarly core to collaborative design.Learnings from the Security and Design Workshop!https://usable.tools/blog/2015-11-20-securitydesigworkshop/
Fri, 20 Nov 2015 12:09:25 +0000https://usable.tools/blog/2015-11-20-securitydesigworkshop/The USABLE project is built around a core commitment to listen - to users, to trainers, and to our partners.Announcing USABLE!https://usable.tools/blog/2015-10-09-announcing-usable/
Fri, 09 Oct 2015 12:09:25 +0000https://usable.tools/blog/2015-10-09-announcing-usable/We&rsquo;re very excited to announce USABLE: Usable Security Apps By Leveraging End Users! USABLE, a project of Internews, brings a human centered design lens to digital security tools through a three-phase process (detailed out below) with add-on benefits of producing community-led user personas, connecting tool developers with trainers and at-risk users, and encouraging sharing of design patterns and usability challenges along the way.